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(KSL News) Bangerter Highway is open again after a five-car pile up shut it down.
Police aren't sure what caused the accident at 700 West near the Jordan River, but one car sideswiped another, causing that car to spin. A third car crashed into it.
While trying to avoid the accident, a fourth car rear-ended a fifth vehicle.
Mike Ulibarri, Acting Battalion Chief, Unified Fire Authority: "Upon arrival, units found multiple patients, several of them trapped inside the vehicle. We had multiple units doing extrication, cutting those patients free and stabilizing those vehicle with struts."
Several people had to be extricated from their cars.
One driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition and four others had minor injuries.
The crash is under investigation.
